Children on Marken Island, Netherlands seas 'Part of the South Stack

'Part of the South Stack

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A partial inscription is visible in the upper left of the photograph 'Carusso' and '138' in pencil

Children on Marken Island, Netherlands seas 'Part of the South StackChildren on Marken Island, Netherlands, 1898. The former island of Marken is a peninsula, now connected to the North Holland mainland by a causeway. It is well known for its characteristic wooden houses. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898).